Historical Resources
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Alan Turing Internet Scrapbook
Comprehensive resource on Alan Turing's life, his foundational work in computing and codebreaking, and his lasting influence on computer science and artificial intelligence.
All About Apple Museum
All About Apple Museum in Savona, Italy - one of the world's largest collections of Apple products, documenting Apple's history from its 1976 founding onward.
Alphabetical List of Programming Languages
Encyclopedic listing of programming languages throughout computing history, maintained by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology community.
American Computer Science Association
American Computer Science Association (ACSA), a charitable research foundation dedicated to improving technology understanding and computer science education.
American Sociological Association Section on Communication and Information Technologies (CITASA)
Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section (CITASA) of the American Sociological Association, studying the social implications of information technology.
Anthony Beckett's Unnamed PC Museum
Anthony Beckett's PC Museum featuring a personal collection of vintage personal computers with photos and technical specifications.
Antique Chip Collector's Page
Antique chip collector's resource with information about vintage integrated circuits, early microprocessors, and semiconductor history.
Apple History Timeline
Apple Museum at bott.org tracing the history of Apple Computer from its founding through the Macintosh era, with product timelines and photographs.
Apple Museum
EveryMac.com (established 1996), a comprehensive reference listing every Mac from 1984 through present with specifications, pricing, and identification guides.
Apple ][ History
Apple II history resource covering the pre-Apple era through the evolution of the Apple II computer line, with detailed timelines and technical documentation.
Archaic Computer Gallery
Archaic Computer Gallery showcasing a personal collection of early and unusual computing devices with photographs and historical context.
Association for Computers and the Humanities
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH), a professional organization supporting digital humanities research and scholarship since 1978.
Bolo Museum
Musee Bolo at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland - a museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of information technology and computing history.
Bonami Spelcomputer Museum
Bonami Spelcomputer Museum in the Netherlands, housing a collection of vintage game consoles and home computers from the 1970s through 1990s.
Brazilian Computer History Museum
Museu do Computador in Sao Paulo, Brazil - a museum dedicated to preserving and exhibiting the history of computing in Brazil and worldwide.
Brief History of Computer Operating Systems
Gordon College lecture notes providing a brief history of computer operating systems, covering batch processing, multiprogramming, and time-sharing systems.
Calculator Software at Calculator.org
Calculator.org, an encyclopedic resource covering the history and encyclopedia of electronic calculators with photos and technical details.
Carl Friend's Minicomputer "Museum"
Chris Friend's personal computing museum website featuring a collection of vintage computers with photos, specifications, and historical notes.
Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology
Center for the Future of Museums, Information Technology (CFMIT), exploring how technology intersects with museum practice and cultural heritage preservation.
Chronology of Digital Computing through 1952
Chronology of digital computing machines from the 1600s until 1952, compiled by Mark Brader and maintained as a reference for early computing history.
Cit\xe9 des Sciences
Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris, France - Europe's largest science museum with exhibits on computing, technology, and innovation.
Collection of Rare Computers and Documents
Early Computers collection featuring photographs and descriptions of rare computing hardware from the 1940s through the 1970s.
Colorado Computer Museum
Computer History Simulation Project (SIMH) at trailing-edge.com, providing software simulators for historically significant computer systems.
Colossus its Purpose and Operation
Codes and Ciphers site covering WWII cryptography including the Colossus computer, Enigma machine, and the Lorenz cipher system at Bletchley Park.
Computer Collector
Computer Collector's collection featuring vintage computers, peripherals, and computing memorabilia with photos and historical information.
Computer Evolution
CSSTC (Computer Science and Telecommunications Council) e-readiness resource documenting the early history and development of computing and telecommunications.
Computer Gaming World Museum
Computer Gaming World Museum preserving the legacy of Computer Gaming World magazine and the history of PC gaming from the 1980s onward.
Computer History Images
Lawrence Crowl's Computer History resource with a curated collection of historical computing images and visual documentation.
Computer History Simulation Project
SIMH - the Computer History Simulation Project providing open-source emulators for historically significant computer systems including PDP, VAX, IBM, and others.
Computer Museum of University of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam Computer Museum (Studiecentrum) showcasing historic computing equipment from the university's collection.
Computer Spiele Museum (Computer Games Museum)
Computerspielemuseum (Computer Games Museum) in Berlin, Germany - one of the world's first museums dedicated to the history of video games and interactive entertainment.
Computer-Archiv
Computer-Archiv, a German-language resource documenting historic computers and computing technology with detailed technical information and photographs.
ComputerMuseum–Muenchen
ComputerMuseum Munchen (Munich Computer Museum) preserving and exhibiting vintage computing equipment from German and international computing history.
Computing in Japan
SIGCIS resource on computing history in Japan, part of the Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society.
CPU Shack Museum
CPU Shack Museum - an online museum dedicated to microprocessor history with one of the world's largest collections of CPU chips and related documentation.
Dan's Antique Computer Collection
Dan's collection of CPU and microprocessor information with photos, specifications, and historical context for vintage processors.
Dartmouth Time Sharing System
Dartmouth Time Sharing System (DTSS) history site documenting the pioneering time-sharing system and the creation of the BASIC programming language at Dartmouth College.
Datamath Calculator Museum
Datamath Calculator Museum - a resource on Texas Instruments calculators, cataloging models from the original 1972 Datamath onward with photos and technical details.
E. W. Dijkstra Archive
E.W. Dijkstra Archive at the University of Texas at Austin, preserving the manuscripts and correspondence of the pioneering computer scientist.
Edsac Simulator
EDSAC Simulator project at the University of Warwick, recreating the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, one of the first practical stored-program computers.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation in the digital world since 1990.
Email History
Email History resource tracing the evolution of electronic messaging from 1800s telegraph systems through the development of ARPANET-era electronic mail.
Emidec 1100
EMIDEC computing history site preserving information about the EMI Electronics EMIDEC 1100 and 2400, early British transistorized computers from the 1960s.
ENIAC Museum!
University of Pennsylvania's ENIAC exhibit page, commemorating the first general-purpose electronic computer built at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering.
European Museum on Computer Science and Technology
International Charity Foundation for History and Development of Computer Science and Technique (ICFCST) in Kyiv, Ukraine, featuring virtual exhibits on computing history and pioneers.
Global Networking Timeline
Tracing milestones from 30,000 BCE through 2010, this timeline of Information Exchange Technology by T. Matthew Ciolek includes computing, networking, and communications.
Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present
CPU Garden - a collection documenting great microprocessors of the past and present with detailed specifications and historical context.
Handheld and Portable Computer Club
Handheld and Portable Computer Club (HPCC), a user group dedicated to handheld and palmtop computing devices, particularly HP calculators and PDAs.